AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

A Different Beauty


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Sometimes in the haste to find lush green hills, blue seas and skies, pretty flowers and bright coloured Autumn leaves we overlook "other" beauties of Nature.
Here is the last sigh of a liquidamber, starkly wondrous against a pale grey sky.
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Nature Notes #13
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Just bare fractured twigs
Just some crumpled pale bruised leaves
Just a rare beauty
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9 comments:

poefusion said...

I agree, another beauty indeed. Sometimes we tend to miss things when were rushed. Glad you were able to slow down and enjoy the scenery.

Rambling Woods said...

I agree too Gemma...sometimes we need to sit and breath and take notice...Lovely post for Nature Notes...Thank you....Michelle
Michelle From Rambling Woods

Sherrie said...

Hi!
It's amazing the things we see when we are least expecting it! Great photo! Have a great day!

Sherrie
http://mygardeningwoes.blogspot.com/2009/06/nature-notes.html

Carver said...

That is so beautiful. Great shot.

paisley said...

you have an excellent eye gemma,, this is a very stark but very beautiful shot..

RJ Flamingo said...

Great shot, Gemma! Love the little details - you'd never notice in the full flush of summer.

moosh said...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You found beauty here and did a great joy of potraying that beauty.

Unknown said...

It;s odd realizing you're in winter and we have it at 90*,here in florida.Your photos make look forward to cooler weather.

Bird said...

I love the sombre beauty of Autumn and you have captured it beautifully. I'm one of those wierdo's who prefers cooler weather and more soothing light anyway, and plants all bare and gone to seed are wonderful.

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